Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Skinner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 16, 1974No. 72-1058PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice
Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeals of New York taken by 72 persons who were at the time of the trial of the original action, detained in confinement. Some are simply detained awaiting trial, others are confined pursuant to misdemeanor convictions ; none is subject to any voting disability under the laws of New York.
The Court of Appeals of New York,1 by divided vote, held that failure of the State to provide appellants with any means of registering and voting was not a violation of the New York statutes and not…
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